MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 36.56,-88.11 Latitude: 36.56 Longitude: -88.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 93 SFC 993 150 20.3 14.4 69 5.9 16.5 137 8 294.0 295.9 289.9 323.9 10.44 2 950 537 21.3 11.6 54 9.7 15.2 167 25 298.8 300.5 290.3 325.3 9.05 3 900 1003 17.7 10.0 61 7.7 13.0 176 24 299.7 301.3 290.3 325.1 8.61 4 850 1488 13.1 9.0 76 4.1 10.7 181 23 299.9 301.5 290.3 325.0 8.53 5 800 1995 8.8 7.3 90 1.5 8.0 189 19 300.6 302.0 290.1 324.4 8.06 6 750 2528 7.6 2.4 70 5.2 4.8 206 17 304.8 305.9 289.8 323.2 6.07 7 700 3093 4.6 -2.9 58 7.5 1.0 207 16 307.6 308.4 289.1 321.2 4.41 8 650 3695 2.9 -16.2 23 19.1 -4.1 215 16 312.2 312.5 288.0 317.6 1.65 9 600 4338 -0.4 -22.7 17 22.4 -7.3 209 17 315.7 315.9 288.5 319.2 1.02 10 550 5028 -4.4 -27.8 14 23.4 -10.6 199 19 318.9 319.0 289.2 321.4 0.71 11 500 5772 -9.2 -30.1 17 20.9 -14.2 197 23 321.8 321.9 290.0 324.1 0.63 12 450 6578 -14.6 -34.5 17 19.9 -18.6 206 29 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.6 0.45 13 400 7459 -20.7 -43.4 11 22.7 -23.8 205 28 328.0 328.1 291.4 328.8 0.20 14 350 8430 -28.7 -48.8 13 20.1 -30.6 208 31 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.13 15 300 9512 -37.9 -49.3 29 11.4 -38.7 217 35 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.14 16 250 10742 -47.2 -53.4 49 6.2 -47.5 223 42 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.11 17 200 12198 -52.4 -69.3 11 16.9 -52.7 220 58 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14027 -60.0 -78.0 8 18.0 -60.2 219 43 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16499 -68.7 -82.7 12 14.0 -68.8 226 21 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.86 m Freezing level: 605.90 mb = 4262.50 m = 13984.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.50 mb = 3204.27 m = 10512.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.26 % Est. max temperature: 26.29 C = 79.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.65 mb = 901.39 m = 2957.29 ft T: 18.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 7.67 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.86 mb = 1933.65 m = 6343.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.78 C = 80.21 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: 4.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.15 C Showalter Index: 4.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.34 C Cross Totals Index: 18.24 C K Index: 23.89 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7169.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.09 mb = 1645.86 m = 5399.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.5 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 224.5 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.8 neg: -1.0 tot: 108.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.56 Bulk Shear: 14.00 m/s